Travel Photo of the Day - April, 2013

A Pakistani worker dries fabric that was dyed at a factory in Lahore. Pakistan is the world's fourth-largest producer of cloth, and the industry accounts for 60 percent of export revenue according to official data.Arif Ali
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Elephants are fed with fruits and vegetable during the elephant buffet to celebrate the country's Elephant Day at Mae Sa elephant camp in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand.Wichai Taprieu
/ The Associated Press

A visitor looks at the names of U. S. soldiers who were killed in the Korean War at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea.Lee Jin-man
/ The Associated Press

The youngest Cunard Line ship, Queen Elizabeth, left, visits the Queen Mary, in Long Beach (Calif.) Harbor. The Queen Mary was built by Cunard in 1947 and retired in 1967. The Queen Mary, now permanently berthed, is a hotel and special events venue. The two ships exchanged whistle blows.Jeff Gritchen
/ The Associated Press

A Sumbanese man riding his horse as attending pasola festival in Ratenggaro village in Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Sandalwood pony horses are native to the island of Sumba in Indonesia. For the people of Sumba, the Sandelwood horse has an important role in all aspects of their daily life, including transportation and culture. On the island of Sumba the ancient tradition of Pasola still draws large crowds and tourists. Pasola involves two teams of men on horseback charging towards each other.Ulet Ifansasti
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Smoke rises from an industrial area as the sun rises in Duisburg, Germany.Frank Augstein
/ The Associated Press

An Indonesian boy jumps into the water as he and others play in a river in Jakarta, Indonesia.Tatan Syuflana
/ The Associated Press

Balinese people dump buckets of water on participants of the "omed omedan" kissing festival in Denpasar on the Island of Bali, Indonesia. Locals believe the festival, held yearly in a small village on the Indonesian tourist island, ensures the good health of those taking part and prevents bad luck hitting the village. During the festival, village priests dump buckets of water over couples to douse their passions.Firdia Lisnawati
/ The Associated Press

An Indian labourer prepares coloured powder, known as "gulal", to be used during the spring festival of Holi, on the outskirts of Siliguri. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival colours, is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar monthDiptendu Dutta
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A boatman waits for passengers at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar.Khin Maung Win
/ The Associated Press

A Nepalese man sits at Basantapur Durbar square in Kathmandu. The Durbar Square holds the palaces of the Malla and Shah kings who ruled over the city, is located in the centre of the capital and is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.Prakesh Mathema
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An East Timorese vendor sells goods in the market in capital city of Dili.Valentine De Sousa
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Indian children dressed as Lord Krishna (L) and Radha play with coloured powder during a Holi celebration at a temple in Amritsar . Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month.Narinder Nanu
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Gravestones stand in Rome's 'Non Catholic Cemetery' in Rome, Italy. Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery contains one of the highest densities of famous and important graves anywhere in the world including John Keats, one of England's most famous poets, who died early in 1820 of tuberculosis aged 25, after travelling to Italy in search of a better climate to help cure him of the disease. As well as being the final resting-place of the poets Percy Shelley and John Keats, it is also home to graves of many other painters, sculptors and authors who died in Rome. The cemetery which began it's use in 1730 continues today, containing graves of Orthodox Christians, Jews, Muslims and other non-Christians, and is one of the oldest burial grounds in Europe. (Photo byDan Kitwood
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Seismic activity had been detected at Hekla, an active volcano on Heimaey island, belonging to the Vestmann archipelago in Iceland.Marcel Mochet
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A Kashmiri shepherd uses an umbrella for shelter as rain falls at the edge of Zabarwan Forest on the outskirts of Srinagar. Tourist arrivals are picking up in the Himalayan state.Tauseef Mustafa
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Rowers exercise as the sun rises over the river Alster in Hamburg, northern Germany.Christian Charisius
/ The Associated Press

An Afghan child looks on as she stands beside a door made from metal on a compound in Qarabagh district, north of Kabul, Afghanistan.Shah Marai
/ AFP/Getty Images

The Orsay museum is seen in Paris.Francois Guillot
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a devotee lies on hot sand as a form of penance on the first day of the Danda festival at Kulagarh, in Ganjam district, about 200 kilometers from Bhubaneswar, India. Devotees inflict physical pain as they perform rituals of penance to appease Shiva, the Hindu God of destruction during the Danda festival, or the festival of self-punishment.Biswaranjan Rout
/ The Associated Press

This photograph taken from an aircraft shows an aerial view of Mount Everest (C) and The Himalayan mountain range, some 140kms (north-east of Kathmandu on the 80th anniversary of the first manned flight over Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. This year is the 60th anniversary of the first summit of the 8848-metre peak.Prakash Mathema
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Swiss guards stand at attention during Pope Francis' weekly general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican.Alessandra Tarantino
/ The Associated Press

An Indian couple stand under an umbrella during heavy rain showers in Mumbai.Punit Paranjbe
/ AFP/Getty Images

Devotees walk together before performing rituals of penance on hot sand on the second day of the Danda festival or the festival of self-punishments at Kulagarh in Ganjam district, Orissa state, India, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Devotees perform rituals of penance to appease Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction during the 21-day long festival, in which only males participate.Biswaranjan Rout
/ The Associated Press

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